Texas Woman Seeks Emergency Abortion Outside State Amid Controversial Ban

A Texas woman, Kate Cox, who sought an emergency abortion under the medical exception to Texas' near-total ban, will leave the state to receive care while the state's highest court considers her case. Despite leaving the state, Cox wishes to continue her lawsuit. Last week, a lower court issued a restraining order allowing her to obtain an abortion, but the state Supreme Court put it on hold while considering an appeal by Attorney General Ken Paxton. The case is a significant test of the medical exception under Texas law, which allows abortion to save the mother's life or prevent substantial impairment of a major bodily function.